Auf sich selbst (Anonymous, set by (Carl Loewe)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE)

Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Εις εαυτον

Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)

Available translation(s): ENG

Λέγουσιν αἱ γυναῖκες·
«Ἀνάκρεον, γέρων εἶ,
λαβὼν ἔσοπτρον ἄθρει
κόμας μὲν οὐκ ἔτ᾽ οὔσας,
ψιλὸν δέ σευ μέτωπον.»
ἐγὼ δὲ τὰς κόμας μέν,
εἴτ᾽ εἰσὶν εἴτ᾽ ἀπῆλθον,
οὐκ οἶδα· τοῦτο δ᾽ οἶδα,
ὡς τῷ γέροντι μᾶλλον
πρέπει τὸ τερπνὰ παίζειν,
ὅσῳ πέλας τὰ Μοίρης.

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Authorship

by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE), "Εις εαυτον", appears in Odes, no. 11 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Εις εαυτον", 1815?, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Carl Loewe.
Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Stefan Stocker.

Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Lawrence Sisk) , "On himself", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Ernest Falconnet) , "Sur lui-même", first published 1847

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 11
Word count: 44

Auf sich selbst

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Greek (Ελληνικά)

Available translation(s): ENG ITA

Es sagen mir die Weiber:
Anakreon, du greisest;
komm, nimm den Spiegel, siehe,
dein Haar ist dir entfallen,
und kahl ist deine Stirne!
Mein Haar, ob ich's behalte,
mein Haar, ob's mir entfalle,
weiß ich nicht, weiß ich nicht!
Das nur weiß ich, das nur,
daß einem Greise mehr noch
gezieme froh zu scherzen,
je näher ihm die Parze.

Authorship

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on

a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE), "Εις εαυτον", appears in Odes, no. 11

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Auf sich selbst", 1815?, also set in Greek (Ελληνικά) [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-10-20
Line count: 12
Word count: 59